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THE Muthumariaman Hindu Temple in Tumpat, Kelantan, has received RM100,000 to expand and renovate the temple for its devotees.
Pengkalan Kubor state assemblyman Datuk Noor Zahidi Omar handed over the cheque to temple chairman R. Chandrasekaran.
In his speech, Chandrasekaran thanked the Barisan Nasional for assisting the Hindu community to realise its dreams of expanding the temple for more than 300 devotees.
He said it took the committee three years to collect RM600,000 and he was grateful that the Government had topped up the figure to enable the committee to expand the temple.
He said that the temple also accepted devotees from Kota Baru while many devotees from the surrounding districts also came to the 100-year-old temple to perform prayers.
Noor Zahidi said the Federal Government was more than willing to assist the temple.
He also said that the money was insignificant when compared to the goodwill of fostering racial and religious harmony.
He added that the Federal Government led by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak was interested to achieve the racial and religious balance for the betterment of the country.
“This is what the 1Malaysia concept is all about and the prime minister is working hard to promote the concept.
“It is beginning to show results,” he said.
A small community of Indians who came to work for the Keretapi Tanah Melayu in the 1940s had once prayed in the temple.
It also served as a community hall for them to socialise and conduct religious classes.
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